Ben Scholle

Ben Scholle completed his first feature documentary in 2005. HairKuTT followed a barber struggling to kick his heroin addiction. It was selected for MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight and aired on BET and the Documentary Channel. It also played theatrically in Indianapolis and Boston and screened in schools and universities nationwide. Scholle’s recently completed third feature film, The Worst Crime, examines the story of a capital murder case from 2002, provoking questions about the death penalty and mental illness. The film is distributed in the US by Cineverse. His latest documentary, Catching Bullets, received the Essy Award for best documentary at the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase and is distributed internationally by Buffalo 8. Ben Scholle is a senior professor of cinema at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO.